+1 on painting the flanking doors.

What's going in the little alcove? I'm not sure I'm real keen on accenting it with orange. Maybe some travartine tile in back, or just paint it wall color.

 

The doors will be painted kinda like a dark kakhi color. The sample is in one of the pictures on the previous page.

Alcove? I think you are referring to the bathroom correct? It looks better in person. I wish I could take a proper picture of the whole bathroom but it's just too small of a room.

Also, I'm not sure if travartine tile would go with the contemporary theme of the basement. That's why we chose mosaic tile.

 

Wow it was a long day yesterday...an alcove is not a bathroom I forgot about the thing at the bottom of the stairs. Yeah were not sure were too happy with that color there. But I still would choose a mosaic pattern or something else more modern to use there.

 

I think that's a fine idea. Just not the orange!

 

I say hang a giant stuffed deer head there...class the place up a bit

 

We decided just to paint it white. A mosaic tile pattern may distract from whatever show piece we get.

If you can find a contemporary deer head, I will hang it up there.

 

Doors painted first coat. It's hard to tell what the color is in the pictures. So I took one with flash and one without.

 

Screen mounted! Plus second coat of paint on walls and most doors and trim.







False ceiling framework will hopefully go up on Monday.

 

svtmike, this is for you.

The unit:



Intake:



Exhaust:



The units for the first and second floor of the house are exactly the same, just bigger. No fresh air intake. All run on natural gas.

 

I'm working on my basement now, but at nowhere near the pace that you are finishing yours. What cables did you run as far as media?

I'm thinking about several ethernet drops, HDMI cables from media center to 4 locations, speaker wire for 7.1, 2 DirecTV drops, and 2 Time Warner drops in case I switch later. Thinking about USB back to the media center just in case, but haven't decided. I'll also run conduit for any future upgrades that might need to be done.

Any input you can provide would be appreciated! Place is looking great by the way, can't believe you guys are making so much progress so fast.

 

Thanks! I think we ended up running...

-1 HDMI from projector to front
-6 speaker wire to front
-1 subwoofer cable from front right of room to front

That's about it. Cable and ethernet wires come from the closet with the fuse boxes which is right next to the front (where we are going to put the receiver/PS3/etc). And with the false ceiling, running more wires isn't that big of a deal. We don't really require anything fancy for our setup. It's pretty basic.

 

Thanks for the pics. I still think it's an odd setup -- since there's no fresh air intake vent, the air exhausted by the furnaces has to come from somewhere, which you will feel as a cold draft or drafts in the winter.

The other thing I find interesting is the absence of a filter on the air going into the blower. I've always had a filtration unit on every furnace I've ever owned, and ducted cold air returns. Building codes must be pretty different on Long Island.

 

I'll start a new thread with my pics once I get a little more progress done. Don't want to start a thread that gets updated once every few months. I fully expect mine to take a year.

What flooring are you doing in the main area? Sorry if I missed that in an earlier post.

 

There will be definitely be a filter. That's why the opening for the intake is so big. It just hasn't been put in yet

 

Major props to you for tackling a project like this yourself. I would imagine it would take me around 4 years and end up looking like crap if it was just me and my dad working on it.





As for flooring, BAD NEWS. We found a leak after the rain storms here a few days ago. There was a small puddle of water near the large wall along the back of the basement. So we ditched the idea of putting carpet anywhere in the main area. We are going with porcelain tile everywhere except the theater, which will have carpet.

The problem has already been diagnosed. The rear patio has settled and actually slopes in toward the basement foundation causing water to just sit around the basement walls. The patio, which is just cambridge pavers, will be raised up a little bit and graded slightly away from the house. Then the foundation will be examined for more cracks and finally sealed. What a nightmare

 

In other news, one trip to IKEA later...




It's a wall mount vanity if anyone is wondering why it looks really short.

 

With the color combo and how it matches the sofa and carpet, it actually looks like it belongs in that room.

 

+1

Just leave it there!

 

 

Where's the kegerator going?

 

You're a genius!!! The sink IS the kegerator!

Man I have so much to learn about finishing basements before mine is done!

 

The possibilities for basement remodeling are literally endless. We looked at so many books/pictures/websites/etc that we thought we were gonna go nuts.

So far, Azine requests for the basement are:

1. stripper pole
2. deer head
3. kegerator

Any more suggestions?

 

 

Should be a requirement for all basement renovations. I have been trying to convince my dad that he needs one of these.

 

Ceiling finished



Wood shelf put in to theater half closet



Doors for theater half closet



Alcove repainted white

 

Looks nice, is the screen a manual pull down or a motorized one?

 

Half closet doors are in and first coat of paint



And construction on the risers has begun

 

Unfortunately it's a manual pull down. But it's not that big a deal for us. The screen will be in the down position 99% of the time anyways.

 

More construction on risers







And cabinets came in. Here...



Here...



Here....



And here.....



Our contractor has a lot of work ahead of him...

 

Risers are complete

 

What are the dimensions of the theater room?

 

I believe it ended up being around 11' 6" x 22'

 

And we have light!

 

And we have some crown molding!

 

Molding is done. Just needs to be fully painted now. Projector and speakers need to be mounted next.

 

Awesome, I can't believe the steady progress you guys have made, I guess once you have a plan it's easier. I wish California homes had basements.

 

I kno right! I've been following this thread too. We don't have basements here in FL either. I've been told because of the sea level. It's relatively flat here, so i've never been in a basement before.

 

Very nice progress, I have a motorized remote controlled projector screen, that's why I was asking. I have always wanted to build around it and make it part of the ceiling. Definitely can't wait to see when the theater room is done

 

Ready for the Superbowl!






Got the heat running so even though there's no floors yet, it's still pretty comfortable down there.


Time to relax and have a beer

 

Love the seating...no worries, anyone else can sit on the floor LOL. It looks like a killer set up. Enjoy the big game